How quarterback Blake Horvath helped revive Navy football
Navy quarterback Blake Horvath (11) gets stripped of the ball during a Sept. 15, 2023 game against the University of Memphis at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Navy entered the 2024 season wanting to be relevant in college football again.
The program had posted a losing record in four consecutive seasons, and the Midshipmen wanted to change that.
“It starts with expecting to win, and that was something that really hadn’t been done around here in a while,” quarterback Black Horvath said. “We just hadn’t seen ourselves do it, so there was not a lot of confidence there.”
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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